Archos, today announced a new line of USB 2.0 peripherals, USB 2.0 is forty times faster than USB 1.1, and at the same time compatible with USB 1.1.
Archos introduces a 16 speed USB2.0 portable CD-RW drive, a 8 speed portable CDRW drive and a MiniHD:
- The MiniCDRW 2 (16x10x24), the first slim-line 16x CD-writer on the market that is USB 2.0 compatible and bundled with a USB 2.0 PCI Card and cable. The MiniCDRW 2 provides a huge advance forward in burning CDs. The MiniCDRW 2 is delivered with mastering software (for Mac or PC), and will allow users to transfer music, photos and data files to CDs by writing up to 16x speed on CD-R and updating and rewriting at up to 10x on a CD-RW. The drag and drop software facilitates the process in the same way you save data to a hard drive. This unique CD-RW drive offers a quick, portable and easy-to-use tool for burning CDs.
- The Cesar-CDRW/MPM. Users can take this new, small, round product anywhere -- into the mountains, out to sea or simply set it up on the patio to make CDs. Equipped with the special Archos patented Micro Power Management (MPM) system, the Cesar is powered directly by any notebook or desktop computer, PC or Mac, depending on the system. There is no need to use an AC Adapter. Tiny as a CD player with a diameter of only 5.3`` (135mm), this unique, circular Cesar-CDRW/MPM is the smallest portable 8x8x24x CD-RW drive on the market, and it is available with a choice of swappable interfaces -USB 2.0, FireWire, or PC Card.
- The ultimate portable MiniHD, which is the smallest and lightest, portable hard drive that can fit in a shirt pocket or purse, is now available in 6, 20 and 40 GB. This handy little hard drive works with a variety of other swappable interfaces, including PC Card, FireWire and USB 1.1, and it can easily be connected to any computer, PC or Mac, notebook or desktop. With no need for an external power supply on most computers, the Archos MiniHD is truly portable with its weight of just 6.5 oz (180g) and size of only 4.7`` x 3'' x 0.5`` (120 x 76 x 13 mm). A user can take all his files, photos, videos in the MiniHD from work to home or when travelling.
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Source: Archos
